. >> google plus video chat he acknowledged for the first time the classified drone program. why did he do that? >> i'm sorry, can you be more specific? >> the former director of national intelligence, retired admiral dennis blair, said, i believe, yesterday that drone attacks, unilateral drone attacks can actually do more harm to u.s. national security interests and that good. does the white house -- any opinion about these drones? >> we believe our relationship with pakistan is essential to fighting terrorism and terrorists. >> "the new york times" reports that vice president biden in these sessions talking about the way forward has pressed specifically for a strategy that elevates the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, drones, and de-emphasizes u.s. combat forces on the ground. can you tell us if that's true? >> i think you can understand why i'm not going to get into internal discussions. >> you can't say one way or the other whether that's true or not? >> i'm not going to get into it. >> now, i understand, robert, why. >> you had to put that last picture up, didn't you? >>